getwchar

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getwchar
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Defined in header <wchar.h>
wint_t getwchar(void);
 (since C95)

Reads the next wide character from stdin.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

the obtained wide character or WEOF if an error has occurred or the end of file reached

References

  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
  • 7.29.3.7 The getwchar function (p: 424)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
  • 7.24.3.7 The getwchar function (p: 369-370)

See also

 reads a character from stdin
(function)
(C95)
 gets a wide character from a file stream
(function)